Re: Fw: Re: DAML+OIL submission to W3C (copyright/patent)

From: Peter F. Patel-Schneider ([email protected])
Date: 10/18/01


From: Jim Hendler <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: DAML+OIL submission to W3C (copyright/patent)
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 09:12:51 -0400

> >
> >
> >(2) we need more explicit copyright license terms.
> >
> >I suggest that you ammend the submission request
> >to include the following text, substituting
> >each of the authors for [party]:
> >
> >   [party] hereby grants to the W3C, a perpetual,
> >   nonexclusive, royalty-free, world-wide right and license under any
> >   [party] copyrights in this contribution to copy, publish and
> >   distribute the contribution, as well as a right and license of the
> >   same scope to any derivative works prepared by the W3C and based on,
> >   or incorporating all or part of the contribution. [Member Company]
> >   further agrees that any derivative works of this contribution prepared
> >   by the W3C shall be solely owned by the W3C.
> 
> How about:
> 
> [party} hereby grants to all organizations and entities a perpetual, 
> royalty-free...  ?
> 
> i.e. let's just put the frigging thing in public domain -- can W3C handle
that? 

No idea.

peter


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